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Friday night replay

Each week, the Times breaks down the previous Friday's games and provides a statistical outlook. The breakdown for Week 6:

By Times staff writers
Published October 15, 2003

50-50 chance: Opponents recovered 31 of 62 fumbles.

Balanced attack award: Chamberlain threw for 188 yards and rushed for 194 in its 21-0 victory against Tampa Bay Tech.

After Week 6 last year, there were 55 offensive touchdowns of more than 50 yards. After six weeks this season, there have been 60.

Diminishing returns: So far this season, there have been 21 non-offensive returns for touchdowns. Last year after Week 6, there were 47.

Ten of the 14 winners committed fewer turnovers.

Takeaways = victories: The teams with the five highest number of takeaways through Week 6 are a combined 38-20. The teams with the five lowest takeaways are 13-22.

Leto ran 64 plays to Freedom's 28 and had 14 first downs to Freedom's three. Freedom won, however, 13-12. The difference: Freedom needed only 3- and 1-yard drives to score their touchdowns after forcing turnovers.

Teams with more penalty yards have won 59 percent of the games this season. In 2002, teams with more penalty yards in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Citrus and Hernando counties won 62 percent of their games.

Thirteen of 14 teams ahead at the half won Friday. The exception was Middleton, which beat Sickles 25-23 with a field goal at the gun.